Halle O'Neal

New issue of Buddhist Studies Review, the journal of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies, is now available, the first edited by my good friends Naomi Appleton and @halleoneal.bsky.social at Edinburgh. Subscription is required to view the contents. journal.equinoxpub.com/BSR/issue/vi...

Death week! If only Fox could also attend class 😻

Writing as Grief Practice: A Workshop with Halle O'Neal From Wed 13 Aug - What can we learn from how people of the past confronted grief? Writing as a grief practice has comforted people across time and cultures, including in Japan where Buddhist writing r...

Workshop on Writing as Grief Practice, Venue A, Wed 13 Aug 13:30 - 15:00:
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2 Workshops on Kintsugi as Repair, Venue A, Sun 17 Aug 16:30 - 18:00:
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and on Sun 17 Aug 19:00 - 20:30
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For those interested in kintsugi and Buddhist repair in art and ritual, I'm doing a few events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @asianstudiesed.bsky.social

Lecture on Buddhist Repair, Spiegeltent, 17 Aug 10:30
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Scottish RME teachers:

Buddhism Discovery Day: 12 June, 10am-2.30pm
University of Edinburgh

Includes Q&A with Thai Buddhist monk, meditation with Zen Buddhist priest, Buddhist Studies taster lectures, and Treasure Hunt for Buddhist art at National Museum of Scotland. Contact halle.oneal@ed.ac.uk

Hi, very sorry but it’s not being recorded

Thanks! That’s a shame but maybe next time!

Awww thanks, Kate!

Thanks so much!

I’m excited to be giving on a talk on paper, reuse, and collage in Japanese Buddhist rituals for anyone in the Cambridge, MA area. Come say hello if you’re free!

Thanks, Greg! I have a bit. Love these calligrams

Looking forward to your talk and these images!

Dear researchers who are interested in pre-modern Japan,

NDL's OCR, now released, can read kuzushi-ji characters with such accuracy, despite the fact that it can be easily operated on a PC with a GUI. Please try it!
github.com/ndl-lab/ndlk...

The OCR result of the beginning of The Tale of Genji:

2025 Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Doctoral Scholarship Thanks to the generous support of the Khyentse Foundation, Edinburgh Buddhist Studies is inviting applications for a doctoral scholarship. The scholarship, which includes a fee-waiver and a stipend, w...

New Fully-Funded PhD Scholarship in Buddhist Studies at University of Edinburgh. Open specialism: art history, religious studies, literature, etc. Please spread the word! Applications due 20 January:

Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Scholarship:
buddhist-studies.ed.ac.uk/2025-khyents...

May I also be added? Japanese art historian working on Buddhist material culture. thanks!

@joshuajfriedman.com could you add me as well? Japanese art historian at Edinburgh

If there’s room, could I be added? I work on the reuse and recycling of Buddhist paper, handwriting, and palimpsests. Thanks!

Thanks for the wonderful talk!

Excellent, another whisky tasting is in order I believe!

Hey there!! Are you coming up to Edi in Feb for the wip workshop??